Richard Pritzlaff

Richard Pritzlaff "is president of the Biophilia Foundation and a leader in efforts to restore and preserve wildlife habitats, primarily in the Chesapeke Bay region. Through his work with the Chesapeake Wildlife Heritage and the Trust for Public Land, Pritzlaff has been instrumental in creating innovative partnerships with public and private landowners to acquire and permanently protect land for the benefit of wildlife. He has also been a teacher and the president of a recycled products company. He received a Bachelor of Science degree from Vanderbilt University, and a Master of Science in Environmental Sciences and Policy from Johns Hopkins University."

"Richard is the Past Chair and a current member of the Board of Directors of the Institute For Shipboard Education which runs the Semester at Sea program in cooperation with the University of Virginia as the Academic Sponsoring Institution. He also serves on the Board of Directors of the University of Maryland’s Harry Hughes Center for Agro-Ecology, the Ploughshares Fund, Water Stewardship Inc., and is the Vice Chair of the Defenders of Wildlife Board of Directors. Richard is a member of the Bay Bank Advisory Board, and chairs the Organization and Management Workgroup. The Bay Bank is a multi-partner collaborative working to bring about an Ecosystem Services Marketplace for the Chesapeake Bay region."


 * Director, Ploughshares Fund